WorldFloraDB - Viburnum lantanoides

Characteristics

A bushy shrub. It loses its leaves during the year. It grows 4.5 m high and spreads 4.5 m wide. It develops suckers. The branches are downy when young. The leaves are large and have clear veins. The leaves are broadly oval and turn yellow then red in autumn. The flowers are large and white in lace top clusters. The fruit are oblong and purple-black.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

shrub

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

deciduous

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

entomogamy

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

4.5

Mature height (meter)

3.0

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

0.4

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

c3

Environment

It is a cool temperate plant. It suits hardiness zones 3-6.

More

Moist woods and shady ravines.

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	medicinal
Edible	fruits seeds
Therapeutic use	Analgesic (leaf), Blood Medicine (root), Gynecological Aid (root), Anthelmintic (unspecified), Love Medicine (unspecified), Pulmonary Aid (unspecified), Venereal Aid (unspecified)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.

Mode	cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days)	-
Germination temperacture (C°)	-
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-24
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-